galamsey

By Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major reassessment of Ghana’s environmental landscape, the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission has revealed that agricultural expansion, driven heavily by cocoa farming …

What was once a lifeline for fishing, farming, and cross border trade is rapidly becoming a frontline of lawlessness. Along stretches of the Black Volta in Ghana’s Upper West Region, …

The 29th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards ceremony honored media excellence and recognized leaders’ efforts in promoting peace, security, and the fight against galamsey.   Held at the Manhyia Palace …

The 29th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards brought together prominent leaders, including Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and6 President John Dramani Mahama, to emphasize the urgent need for a united …

By: Kwadwo Kyei Yamoah, Executive Director, HELP Foundation Africa   We must Follow the money, not the shovel, it’s the only way to end the crisis of Galamsey at its …

Media personality and member of the NDC Press Corps, Awall Ibrahim, has called for a firm crackdown on the powerful figures believed to be behind the growing menace of illegal …

On 3rd October 2025, President Mahama engaged over 50 civil society organisations, religious bodies, professional associations, student bodies, etc. on Galamsey. Here is a breakdown of “the good, the bad, …

BY: Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP foundation Africa In Ghana, illegal small-scale mining (“galamsey”) has become a major national security, environmental, and public health crisis. It has polluted …